Students Win Wood Vocal Competition
NOCCA is proud to share the news that current NOCCA students both in Classical Vocal Music and Musical Theatre received top honors in the recent youth vocal competition coordinated by the New Orleans Opera Association.
Winners include:
Elijah Strain First Place
(University View Academy | NOCCA Musical Theatre, from Slidell) | Teacher: Sarah Jane McMahon
Christopher-Lawson Palmer Second Place
(NOCCA Academic Studio | NOCCA Classical Vocal, from New Orleans) | Teacher: Mark Anthony Thomas
Malia Suggs Third Place
(Patrick Taylor Academy | NOCCA Classical Vocal, from Gretna) | Teacher: Phyllis Treigle
Sienna Sloss Honorable Mention
(Benjamin Franklin High | NOCCA Classical Vocal, from New Orleans) | Teacher: Phyllis Treigle
High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors were judged on quality of voice, musicality, technical skill, diction, interpretation, and presentation.